Well, this is a mess. I watched the whole thing unfold from a safe distance, I didn’t think it was a good time to interfere but now…. everyone is underground.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3ZhuzY1Jz
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5TFZtIn12
I look towards the many pillars in the distance and wonder which one could be hiding the Essence of Zeus. Just to be safe, maybe I should go to the one Caecius is heading. Don’t want him to get his hands on such power.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgdT7t2ak2
???: “Watch out!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCKYdtAhIp
Moryuu: “What the-”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly3iQHEdnI
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRgTlCq7L8
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrTbqAdntT
The seemingly young boy dusted himself off and rose to meet me face to face. Considering our situation, I’m still surprised he would wear a normal yellow t-shirt and blue jeans like we’re on some vacation. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ngPwTa3Tq
???: “Sorry, it was hard forcing my way in here but the portal that girl’s bird made helped a lot. Sad what happened to her.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1oZWMUyYW
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NaPQaf3Oy
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcFQDNlARP
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkmcOV5isy
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlU7Hbrfz9b
Moryuu: “Thanks.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5msUuobCT
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLJuu3aLZo
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqpb7sbzU6
Talon: “I’ll try to find the sleeping bodies of the fallen by teleportation. Their souls should still be in there ready for the next round.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMcTOzkTHl
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzEnjsVKHM
Talon: “Of course, I can’t wait to actually meet normal people. Well, except maybe Jayden since his organization is similar to mine and I don’t want to be dragged back into that environment.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CvoNU04fN
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZitUTfu20
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuax7TES5xP
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFsv6GvUqb
Talon: “It’s way easier to open portals inside this place than outside. This should take you to where Caecius is, be careful. Get your powers and leave, I can’t have either of you dying.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FqLDPJjat
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTCYlL8aqO
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaGRPVyJDz
Talon: “You find him interesting?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnxQi69GBh
Moryuu: “I want a rematch with him after I get my powers back….and you’re no match for him. He’d rip you apart.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuHaDDLcT4
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhE4nwpaoyR
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iN8caXOkS
I nod and enter the portal to find myself in a near pitch-black structure. There are glimmers of blue light to the right and left of me. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9ulzDFJnI
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEIdSg5xFT
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpEFAXVVoz
I creep through the dark corridor to come across the blue light from earlier that’s coming from a weirdly floating lantern. Suddenly the Flame begins to dance around and playfully flies deeper into the structure. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sY4OxloKS
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYbFjZj3YH
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4phHdVw6K
Blue light shines from the top that reveals another sharper pillar in the center of the room with 2 lanterns adorned on 2 of the corners. I guess this little guy is one of them but where’s the last one. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt0DuSNAuT
*Footsteps*837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrllaP3dVih
I dash to the nearest hiding place within the cracks of the jagged walls. As expected, Caecius comes walking in with the last lantern. I guess they don’t care who comes in.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6shaD6ZrW2
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttkXv1F7sL
He inspects the sharp pillar in the center, searching for a way to unlock the contents of it I gather. I can’t let him get Zeus’s Essence.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr70VolJF0L
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg33ZndhG1
Caecius: “Mmmm?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgTijesF5X
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub40TOfqsw
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxIbgwGgCM
Unless I have Zeus’s Essence it will be too risky to fight him. I come out of my hiding spot with my hands up.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcg8mLMsAU
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbEecvUUME
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxH2OsSb17
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrYHVzHJ4M
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt7WbLFy1t
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE2HnA2lVT
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJUcAF626X
This is going smoother than I thought. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEnsPPa0KG
Moryuu: “!!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaep7mzTvKZ
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l09S81Wyh
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYRB57yixF
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DNOmjhXyZ
Caecius: “*Glare*”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnuuTTQs2r
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dnxfDQQOy
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxyKiZc3WL
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzRVZTc2U7
Caecius: “!!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTONv8LFTC
Caecius: “Explain.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYMJr29r2h
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwJKGpPC29
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86EqFJg1Ud
Moryuu: “Well, an acquaintance says that the nature of this god is to drag souls from other afterlives into this realm that seems like one but with an added twist. Time loops, every time someone dies and comes back, a part of their soul feeds the god and with enough energy, it will revive and cause massive damage to our universes and much more.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPg6QJbK6H
Caecius: “….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX8CEr8cuF
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGVdIvbL3S
Caecius: “So you’re saying we’ve all died multiple times, came back in the warehouse without much power, and then did the whole thing again but slightly different.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqr5ZRlFDA
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SgCSwZrKb
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxgBWbWP7m
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRo1UqdiNn
Caecius: “….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc6syKQku9
Moryuu: “That’s the beast stirring, my job is to keep everyone from dying and maybe work together to do enough damage to it so it loses all the energy it’s been building up. After that, everyone can go back to where they belong.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxNq0XlkVF
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qVgBSb4vY
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA39g9J2IcQ
Caecius: “….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdczvbICRhJ
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa0ut1A6Hj
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pYC6WPd2E
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNPtcYp8ay
Caecius: “It can be done!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahRpy69pTE
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFuZrD1JQs
Caecius: “Silence!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaUGD6CoVi
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfJrlxyRab
Moryuu: “!!!!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiG0zfa5f6f
I'm….suffocating!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMKdV7JjqB
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZukT3gs2Xv
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH0QG53oDU
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAmQz5vyPv
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaOaWlCC2L
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXnfTUFNNZ
He shoots more air blades but I jump high up onto the few bars that line the ceiling corners. I let loose more daggers at him from above but he blocks them again.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GOxoz9Gdx
Caecius: “It’s useless!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn65FtUaU6k
Moryuu: “Is it?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY4LYLLopq
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBvHUmu5Eg
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKff41mTxi
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdWSoTTNcQ
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKdP2SPL0Z
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eckiFrPE2
…837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OuIMV0Z5r
..837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rCxGPjCiz
.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyZJmOQqUY
NOW!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRVqhBsOOC
*Slash*837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQmA0ucRac
*Slash*837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfpXlEyz9b
*Slash*837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofxmakNmri
Caecius: “Wha, how!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVnEyBSf0u
I knocked away all the blades of air, probably causing large gashes in the wall behind me. I was still cut all over but nothing vital has been damaged. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaGh6B4CXj
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbUHObfsot
Caecius: “You!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaw6On5323b
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXjkYCXuC4
I dash forward and reflect the dangerous ones away right before they touch my body while letting others past my defenses so I can keep going.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo3tHa7W1N
Despite the many injuries, I make it right in front of Caecius and hit him in the gut with my Tonfa bypassing his wind barrier. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DfBFTYccr
Caecius: “GAH!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqbgUwQqgf
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBMjWGhHWZ
Moryuu: “Tch.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCeLmSo1ka
I’m not that well off either, I’m breathing heavily and I don’t think that finished the job. Damn, I should have attached an Anti-Magic Dagger to my Tonfa. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedERB1v2sH
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMVdcmThvV
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb4Gsatd8I
Moryuu: “What?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPSQZxeOuj
I look towards what he’s staring at and behold, there’s the flask of Zeus’s Essence and….something else floating in the air. All where the pillar once stood, I guess it was sliced to bits during the fight.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyJQCmP9po
Caecius: “The Eye….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKoS0haBoV
He dashes to the object and I jump too, he can’t have either of them. Whatever the eye is it can’t be good if he has it. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPv8swW09c
He shoots a powerful blunt blast of air towards me which pushes me away but I throw 2 daggers at him and 1 from the blunt side at the flask as I fall. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytgcgwahB6
The flask falls to the ground safely but Caecius grabs the eye. I shake off the pain of the fall and push towards the flash while he’s distracted. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SHBmnU7BN
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4jfHSN3YQ
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJCvcxWZhQ
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfisDsLU98O
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6e99SeMQf
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgzQHFKoIV
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdp4uPMp2A
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW810NJIZmy
I’m lifted into the air, my body is electrocuted from within and I begin to feel the almost unbearable pain battering my bleeding body.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOQsof6R0E
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmLDRFUvZW
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwba0v4Yrwl
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx02iK37uhP
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJsvhmdLEx
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTLZRYyxXz
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgcEuTIPfD
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVdyTdV3Fh
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF47IsbTvu
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSfMM3n4Kv
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnn03bEzY1
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A6gYzdLPS
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08P33Hhf3Z
Caecius: “Rest? How can she rest?! She was killed before my eyes by the scum of the earth! Even if I have to move heaven and earth, I will give her the life she deserved.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx4T5nRD8u
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77yLk1WtVQ
Caecius: “Tch….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftIHRV82IT
Moryuu: “There are few things I hate more than Necromancy. That’s why I’m going to kill Shadow for not only betraying me but because he dabbles in such dark arts.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OlC5oLTO9
Moryuu: “We’re done here, I don’t want to kill you and you’re no match for me. I’m leaving here with the eye, maybe you should think about what I said.”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lifgPqwBD
I turn my back on Caecius and head towards the exit of this place. Now that I have my powers back, I can move around the place a lot faster and help everyone stay alive better. Well, everyone except Gideon and Shadow. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33aRwHfkpv
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZAlUkwKxp
I turn around to see Caecius conjuring up a large mass of magical wind that would do nothing to me but would probably collapse the place. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxFpQcmszV
Caecius: “Die!!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRGNjNB5LW
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDszVSAFtX
Moryuu: “You Fool!”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCCYyJJjd4
I shoot a powerful blast of lightning that rips through his wind and then through him causing a massive hole in the wall that leads outside and collapses a couple of buildings too.837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BgIlqsdt7
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRgrKkHcjO
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JdnzsSV5O
1 Day Till Shift837Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrvDBUshIt
